. >> reporter: state energy officials are trying to reassure drivers that price spikes like this don't last. >> this is a very dramatic one. but we do know that what goes up does come down and often quite quickly. >> reporter: in fact, wholesale prices have started coming down. dropping 55 cents on the spot market in los angeles on friday. but gas station owners who pay thousands more in the past week to fill up their tanks are likely to keep retail prices high at least until they get their money back. so price relief for drivers here is still probably days away. john blackstone, cbs news, mill valley, california. >> jeff: california governor jerry brown today ordered a rule change to allow the early sale of winter blend gasoline. typically that gas goes on sale after october 31st. >> 30 days left now in campaign 2012. and while mitt romney is looking for votes in the battleground state of florida tonight, president obama is once again looking for campaign cash in california. nancy cordes is in los angeles, nancy? >> jeff, these two campaigns are spending such enormous sums of money, c